Michelle Charlesworth

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Michelle Charlesworth
Born (1970-06-07) June 7, 1970 (age 52)
Alma mater Duke University (BA)
University of Freiburg
Occupation journalist, television personality
Notable credit(s)Reporter for ABC News and Reporter/Anchor for WABC-TV in New York City (1998 - present)
Children2
Relatives James H. Charlesworth (father)

Michelle Charlesworth (born June 7, 1970) is an American television news reporter and anchor. Since 1998 she has been a reporter for both ABC News and WABC-TV, as well as a weekend morning anchor for WABC-TV's Eyewitness News.

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She is best known for an award-winning series of reports about her battle with skin cancer, which aired on both WABC-TV and ABC's Good Morning America . A dermatologist was being interviewed on the air by Charlesworth and thought a mark on her face was basal cell carcinoma, which a biopsy later confirmed.

Early life and education

Charlesworth was born in Durham where she lived until she was twelve years old. [1] Her father James H. Charlesworth is a professor at Duke University. [1]

An alumna of Princeton High School in Princeton, New Jersey,[ citation needed ] she graduated from Duke University [1] with a Bachelor of Arts in public policy and studied economics in a graduate program on a full scholarship from the German government at the University of Freiburg. [2]

Career

She worked as an anchor and reporter for WNCN-TV in North Carolina from 1996 to 1998, and also at WABC-TV. [3]

She was recently on a long list of WABC-TV reporters in line to replace fired Eyewitness News This Morning co-anchor Steve Bartelstein. Another candidate for the anchor seat was reporter Lisa Colagrossi. Ken Rosato became the co-anchor with Lori Stokes on July 6, 2007.[ citation needed ]

Charlesworth continues to substitute regularly for Ken Rosato or Shirleen Allicot, thus prompting others, including Toni Yates, and, prior to her death, Lisa Colagrossi to fill in for her on the Weekend Morning broadcasts with Rob Nelson.

She was the first person to report live from New York during the September 11 attacks. [4]

In 2002, Charlesworth received the Gold Triangle Award from the American Academy of Dermatology for her reporting on skin cancer. [5]

Charlesworth features in the 2008 fictional novel Perksy's Last Year by Stanley Hart. [6]

Personal life and health

Charlesworth lives in New Jersey with her husband, they have two children. [7]

A dermatologist was being interviewed on the air by Charlesworth and thought a mark on her face was basal cell carcinoma, which a biopsy later confirmed. [5] [8] [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Michelle Charlesworth". Edge Magazine. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  2. ↑ "Michelle Charlesworth | ABC7 WABC News Team". ABC7 New York. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
  3. ↑ Bona, D. (2002). Inside Oscar 2. United Kingdom: Random House Publishing Group.
  4. ↑ "Local Locals: Michelle Charlesworth". New York Times (Online). September 18, 2009 – via ProQuest.
  5. 1 2 Monti, Dean (2002). "A Reporter's Fight - Against Skin Cancer" (PDF). Dermatology Insights. Vol. 3, no. 2. American Academy of Dermatology. pp. 18, 19, 20. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 24, 2022.
  6. ↑ Hart, S. (2008). Perksy's Last Year: And Other Stories. United States: AuthorHouse. p 186, 187, 195, 199
  7. ↑ "Michelle Charlesworth | ABC7 WABC News Team". ABC7 New York. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  8. ↑ "Sun-Loving Reporter Finds Skin Cancer". ABC News. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
  9. ↑ Juettner Fernandes, Bonnie (2008). Skin cancer. Internet Archive. Detroit : Lucent Books. ISBN   978-1-59018-931-3.
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